LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian businessman, who once appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine, has been jailed for 10 years in the US over a cyber fraud scam that led to the theft of about $11m (£8m). Obinwanne Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi, used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US. His…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arsenal are set for a huge clear out, as up to 10 players will be moved on to reduce their huge wage bill. Mikel Arteta has already moved on plenty of big name players over the last few transfer windows but a report says that many more will follow as they continue…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched to Minna, Niger State a team of security chiefs to coordinate the rescue operation and meet with state officials, community leaders, as well as parents and staff of the College for the immediate rescue of those abducted. Buhari received reports of the brazen attack on Government Science…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eighty-two years old, head of Adogun Itele family, Pa Nurudeen Akapo and four other principal members of the family have asked an Ogun state high court to restrain former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his farm, Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Limited, from further trespassing on their family land measuring 464.77 hectares situated at Sogunro-Itele…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits who kidnapped twenty-one passengers in a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) have released a video demanding the sum of N500 million to secure the release of the abducted passengers. The video released on Tuesday shows the passengers in a helpless state as the kidnappers bragged about their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Students of the Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State have moved out of the school premises after the early Wednesday morning gunmen attack. The gunmen’s attack led to the death of one student while many others including teachers are still missing. In the video, the students can be seen carrying their bags…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Mozart was 200 miles off Nigeria’s coast when the pirates made their assault, their speed boat cutting through the Gulf of Guinea’s waters to outpace the container ship. Armed men scrambled onboard as the Turkish crew locked down in the ship’s “citadel” secure area. For six hours, pirates used the ship’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen from a suspected criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping dozens of other pupils, teachers and relatives, the local government said Wednesday, in the country’s latest mass abduction. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered security forces to coordinate a rescue operation, his office said, after gunmen in…